Shielding Structure and Member for Electronic Device and Electronic Device Including the Same

1. Shielding structure for use in an electronic device comprising a housing and an electronic substrate which is arranged in the housing and which includes electronic parts, wherein the housing includes at least a surface facing the electronic parts on the electronic substrate, the surface being made of an electrically conductive substance, the shielding structure comprising: a shielding member made of electrically conductive material comprising: (a) a frame-shaped section disposed on the electronic substrate to surround a periphery of the electronic parts, and (b) a leaf spring section comprising a base section coupled to an upper edge section of the frame-shaped section, the leaf spring section projecting from the base section toward the inside of the frame-shaped section and upwardly in an inclined direction; wherein: the surface pushes the leaf spring section to be brought into contact with the leaf spring section; the base section includes a lower edge section which is lower than upper edges of the electronic parts; and the leaf spring section has a contour and dimensions such that even in a state in which the surface pushes the leaf spring section, the leaf spring section does not come into contact with the electronic parts.

2. The shielding structure of the electronic device in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the shielding member is fixed onto the upper-edge section of the frame-shaped section to locate in an area inside the frame-shaped section and includes an adsorbed section which is adsorbed by an automatic mounting machine when the shielding member is mounted onto the electric substrate.

3. The shielding structure of the electronic device in accordance with claim 2 , characterized in that the adsorbed section is installed between two points of the upper-edge section of the frame-shaped section.

4. The shielding structure of the electronic device in accordance with claim 2 , characterized in that at least the lower-edge section of a base section of the leaf spring section is placed to be lower than the upper edges of the electronic parts, at least a lower edge of the adsorbed section is located to be lower than the upper edges of the electronic parts, and the leaf spring section has a contour and dimensions such that even in a state in which the inner peripheral surface made of an electrically conductive substance of the housing pushes the leaf spring section, the leaf spring section does not come into contact with the electronic parts.

5. The shielding structure of the electronic device in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that at least a surface of the housing which faces the electronic parts on the electronic substrate and the shielding member are respectively made of metallic material.

6. An electronic device comprising the shielding structure of claim 1 .

7. The electronic device in accordance with claim 6 , characterized in that the electronic device is a mobile electronic device.

8. The electronic device in accordance with claim 7 , characterized in that the electronic device is a mobile telephone.

9. A shielding member for use with a shielding structure for use in an electronic device, the shielding structure comprising a housing and an electronic substrate which is arranged in the housing and which includes electronic parts, wherein the housing includes at least a surface facing the electronic parts on the electronic substrate, the surface being made of an electrically conductive substance, the shielding structure comprising: a shielding member made of electrically conductive material comprising: (a) a frame-shaped section disposed on the electronic substrate to surround a periphery of the electronic parts, and (b) a leaf spring section comprising a base section coupled to an upper edge section of the frame-shaped section, the leaf spring section projecting from the base section toward the inside of the frame-shaped section and upwardly in an inclined direction; wherein: the surface pushes the leaf spring section to be brought into contact with the leaf spring section; the base section includes a lower edge section which is lower than upper edges of the electronic parts; and the leaf spring section has a contour and dimensions such that even in a state in which the surface pushes the leaf spring section, the leaf spring section does not come into contact with the electronic parts.